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28 INFRASTRUCTURE AUSTRALIA APRIL 2012
Ports
New coal wharf for Newcastle
C
onstruction of a new shipping
berth as well as modification
work on two existing wharfs
are under way at Newcastle’s
Kooragang Island. The $110 million proj-
ect is being carried out for the Newcastle
Coal Infrastructure Group.
The extension and upgrade of the
loading facility are designed to increase
outflow of coal from the port and alleviate
the current bottle neck.
Laing O’Rourke is the construc-
tion contractor and an Aurecon Hatch
joint venture is responsible for engi-
neering, procurement and construction
management.
The project is due for completion early
next year.
The scope of work for the new wharf
includes a precast concrete roadway sup-
ported by a steel beam and pile support
structure, with a revetment on the land
side adjacent to the wharf.
The wharf structure has 157 steel piles,
430t of structural steel, 465m of precast
concrete road slabs, 197,000t of select fill,
36,000t of secondary and primary rock
armour for revetment installation and
3200m3 of cast in-situ concrete for thrust
blocks and crane beams.
The wharf will have 11 fender head-
stocks and 20 intermediate headstocks for
ships to berth against.
According to Laing O’Rourke’s project
engineer Ishatpal Ahuja, a highlight of the
project has been its design for manufac-
ture and assembly agenda, which has re-
duced cost and waste, and increased safety.
It includes offsite fabrication of steel, use
of precast concrete, use of prefabricated
rebar cages and innovative design of the
temporary access platforms and tempo-
rary jetty for marine piles.
All steel is being manufactured in
Indonesia and transported to Newcastle.
This has removed a significant portion
of welding and manual handling on site,
Ahuja said.
As for safety, he said the project has
been nominated as a flagship project for
the contractor. “We are rolling out dedi-
cated Mission Zero training to embed a
way of thinking and doing that supports
individual and team safety at all times.”
Under the Mission Zero campaign the
company intends to eliminate all accidents
from its operations by 2020.
Installation of the first headstock (about 35t) after arriving from Indonesia last month.
Progress of marine piles and temporary jetty at the new Kooragang coal berth.
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